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There is no word if ZipCar will continue its tiny car share service clustered around USC and UCLA if the city awards its contract to Hertz. While details of the proposed contract an be found after the jump, thousands of Angelenos are most interested in is how does Hertz’ proposal compare to ZipCars in terms of cost, availability and fees. While staff admitted there is some risk changing companies, they also noted the low amount of cars already on the street. The largest competitor to Hertz on Demand, was ZipCar the city’s current official car share company.

They are attractive to customers who make only occasional use of a vehicle, as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type than they use day-to-day. LADOT recommends an exclusive five year contract with Hertz, a company best known for its traditional rent-a-car business. In 2008, Hertz launched its carsharing service, now known as Hertz On Demand. Currently Hertz on Demand is located in six countries and has car share programs in a number of major cities including Boston, New York, Washington, DC, Miami, Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, and San Diego.Ĭar sharing is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time, often by the hour. Wednesday afternoon, the City Council Transportation Committee will hear a report from the LADOT that will pave the way for an expansion of the city’s publicly available car share fleet. A "Hertz on Demand" advertisement from New York City.

Nearly six years later, Los Angeles, a city with over 4 million people, has a pathetic 40 cars in its ZipCar fleet, with less than a dozen in its nearest competitor, LAX Car Share. Our first story, published on Street Heat in 2007, was about how ZipCar’s buyout of Flex Car would lead to a dramatic reduction of car-share. For as long as I’ve covered car-sharing in Los Angeles, it’s been something of a disaster.